Garment-supporter.



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

GARNI ENT-SUPPO RTER.

SPECIFICATION orlning'g`1 part of Letters Patent No. 677,911, dated J' uly 9, 1901. Application filed May 23, 1901. Serial No. 61,643. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompany- 1o ing drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the let-ters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in 'garment-supporters, particularly such as are designed for supporting hose and the like, the objects being to provide a device which will grip even the thinnest and smoothest fabrics without danger of slipping or of tearing or injuring the fabric and at the same time a eo device which shall be inexpensive to manufacture and not readily worn out or destroyed by hard or constant usage.

With these objects in view the invention consists in a supporter having a loopwith an aperture therein larger at one end than at the other, combined with a cooperating member having oppositely-disposed yielding frictional gripping-faces between which the loop and fabric are held, said grippingfaces being held 3o in proper relation bya central spacer disposed between them.

The invention further'consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of the parts of the member which cooperates with the loop, all as will be now described, andpointed out particularly in the appended claims. Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of an end of a no garment-supporter embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the clamping member. Fig. 3 is a similar sect-ion with the several parts separated. y

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The supporter in so far as the webbing or 4'elastic A and the loop B are concernedis of the ordinary or any` preferred construction.

`5`o The loop B, as usual, preferably has a key'- hole-opening therein and is adapted to coperate with a stud member, said stud member in the present instance, however, being of the class described in my prior patent, No. 647,212, and may thereforevbe more properly termed a clamping member, inasmuch as the loop B and fabric are drawn in between yielding clamping-faces to hold the fabric and prevent tearing or injury thereto. This clamping member is formed with a base C of convenient form to facilitate its attachment to the body or webbing of the supporter and with a central post D, preferably having an integral head d at the outer end, said post being held in the base by having its end upset or by any other well-known fastening means. The clamping parts of the member are confined between the head d and the base C, such parts, as shown, consisting of small rubber disks E, having their proximate faces rounded. These clamping parts do not have their clampingefaces pressed-tightly together, but they are held in proper relative position and in the preferred construction their cen tral portions clamped tightly by interposing between them a sleeve or collar E, which surrounds the post. This collar is preferably separate from the rubber clamping-disks, being usually made of metal, and with its ends flanged outwardly at f, so as to firmly clamp the disks near the center, and thereby prevent said disks from being accidentally or intentionally stretched or drawn away from the central post and broken or slipped off. Obviously by drawing the post down the disks may be gripped as tightly as desired without causing the outer proximate parts of the disks to press toward each other, so'as to prevent the entry of the loop and fabric between them. Furthermore, with this construction, where the disks are clamped at the center, verysoft and elastic disks may be employed, so as to prevent any slipping, tearing, or disiigurementof even the finest fabric, and at the same time there is no danger of the disks pulling off or being destroyed because of their elasticity.

An additional advantage results from the fact that the sleeve forms a central chamber about the post, and thus in use the fabric is held by the clamping action of Ithe two disks on opposite sides of the loop and is as a consequence not liable to be torn by strain at the sharp bend about the inner edge of the IOO loop, as is the case Where said edge abnts against the stud.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garment-supporter, the combinationwith the loop having the opening therein larger at one end than at the other and a Webbing to which it is attached, of a clamping member carried by said webbing and having oppositely-disposed elastic friction-disks with a passage between them for the reception 'of the edges of the loop and fabric carried there. by, and a collar of relatively small diameter interposed between the central portion of said disks for holding them in position; sub-- stanti-ally as described.

2. In a garment-supporter,a clamping mem-V ber for cooperation with a loop having an opening larger at one end than at the other, consisting of a base, a headed post secured to said base, two lelastic disks mounted on the post and a sleeve surrounding the post between the disks and operating to grip the central portions of the disks; substantially as described.

3. In a clamping member for garment-supporters such as described, the combination with the base, the oppositely-arranged elastic disks the sleeve having outwardly-hanged ends interposed between the disks and the headed post passing through the disks and sleeve and connected with the base, whereby the central portions of the disks are gripped to hold them in position on the post; substantially as described.

` GEORGE E. ADAMS. Witnesses:

SADIE L. FINNIGAN, STANLEY PARKER. 

